Originally posted by Chirone meant to comment on this earlier sometimes the task manager stops responding in XP :p and i can hit alt+ctrl+del with just one hand, but potentially hitting other keys at the same time :p and no idea where the myth came from. do tell I went on MSN and asked my mates how they hit ctrl-alt-del and they said with with their right hand with the ctrl-alt keys that are on the keyboards right and I was like wow... why didn't I think to that? :blush: Its still weird though, you've got to make your hand and fingers into this scary shape... Anyways, the myth is the Japanese myth of Hōrai. Here is an article from Wikipedia about it: Link.